Family Tree
Can you upload your family tree to family search from another site
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On other sites (such as ancestry.com) - each person has their own family tree database
However in Familyearch it is one massive common family tree database that we all share. There are billions of people in this collaborative database - and chances are a high percentage of the members of your family tree are already in FamilySearch Family Tree. For that reason - any upload from an external site could potentially create a mess of duplicates. what you need to do is simply connect the dots between you and other living people (that you will have to enter into FS - and then connect these people to deceased people in FS. If the deceased people are not in FS you will need to add them - but there are billions of people already entered.
Here are some pages on the subject of collaborative databases
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/collaborative.htm
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/collaborate.htm
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@linda mares
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Linda
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Short Answer: Technically, 'Yes'; but, ... and there is a 'but' ...
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Just a though ...
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Please DO NOT bring them over from another, 'On-Line' "Web" Site; or, a personal 'standalone' database ...
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Enter (ie. 'Create) the individuals/persons in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" one at a time - on a one by one basis.
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Many of the individuals/persons most probably ALREADY exist in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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Use the "Find" facility/function/feature to Search "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch", you may be surprised to find some (if not, many) of them ALREADY there.
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Many well established and documented (eg. "Sourced") individuals/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" have been RUINED by the upload of the (undocumented and unsourced) "Pedigrees" from "Ancestry_com" and the like.
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Many NEW Users/Patrons DO NOT even take the time to look to see if any one in their "Ancestry_com" (or, the like) Account ALREADY in "Family Tree", in some instances, negating the need to even upload those individuals/persons.
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If an individual/person is ALREADY in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch", there is NO need to up uploaded one's version of that individual/person from one's "Ancestry_com" (or, the like) Account.
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And, please Do NOT upload a GEDCOM File in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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Upload GEDCOM File in the "Genealogies" Part of "FamilySearch", that is fine; but, please NOT in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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Some of the reasons that Users/Patrons (like myself) DO NOT want the ability to upload a GEDCOM File into "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" are:
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(1) It is most likely that individuals/persons in a GEDCOM File are ALREADY in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch"; and, most Users.Patrons DO NOT even take the time to look to see if any one in their GEDCOM File is already in "Family Tree", in some instances, negating the need to even upload the GEDCOM File.
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(2) There has been (many) cases where Users/Patrons, using the "Compare" process (of the upload) have "Dismissed" a "Possible" Match with an individual/person already in "Family Tree"; so that, their "Record", from their GEDCOM File, is loaded into "Family Tree", regardless; just so that, their "Record" appears in "Family Tree" (and, in some instances, for Members of the Church, so they can do the "Temple" Work, despite the fact that the "Temple" Work is ALREADY done with the "Possible" Match with the individual/person already in "Family Tree").
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(3) Even with the "Compare" process (of the upload), there has been (many) cases where Users/Patrons have uploaded THEIR version of an individual/person in their GEDCOM File, on top of (ie. Over) an individual/person ALREADY in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" that has been there for MANY years and is well documented and "Sources" - in many instances obliterating all of the documentation and "Sources".
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(4) If an individual/person is ALREADY in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch", there is NO need to up uploaded one's version of an individual/person from one's own GEDCOM File - just take note of the the 'FamilySearch Person Idenmtifier' (PID) of the individual/person that is ALREADY in "Family Tree"; and, one can go back later to ensure what information/detail is recorded and attached for that individual/person. just DO NOT uploaded one's version of an individual/person in their GEDCOM File, on top of (ie. Over) an individual/person ALREADY in "Family Tree" - obliterating all of the documentation and "Sources" ALREADY in place/on record.
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(5) The "Hours" (sometimes "Days") of work, by other Users/Patrons, that can be needed to CORRECT the DAMAGE done by the upload of a GEDCOM File can be disheartening.
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I am sorry ... 'off my soap box' ...
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We do not have our OWN "Tree" in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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We ONLY have "Branches", that are interconnected, in this SINGLE "One" World "Tree", for all of us, that is "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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"Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" is NOT like "Ancestry_com" or the like.
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We DO NOT have "Private"/"Personal" 'Trees' in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" like other "Web" Sites; and/or, 'standalone' personal programmes.
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We do not even, own; or, manage; and, are NOT even responsible for, the "Deceased" individuals/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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"Family Tree" of "FamilySearch" is built on a "Open Edit" Platform - hence, why any registered User/Patron can "Edit" (ie. Add, Delete; and/or, Change) ANY "Deceased" individual/person in "Family Tree" of "FamilySearch".
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Again, I am sorry ...
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I hope this helps, put things into perspective.
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Brett
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also see this link:
https://community.familysearch.org/s/feed/0D53A00004sJ6ShSAK
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Thank you
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